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Bur. 11683 Whitford, with very young fruits. NercGros, Faraon, For. Bur. 
18561 Meyer & Foxworthy, August, 1909, in fruit. 
A characteristic species, perhaps best recognizable by its peculiar 
terminal buds which are present on all the specimens examined. 
LITSEA Lamarck 
LITSEA WENZELII sp. nov. 
Species L. luzonicae affinis, differt foliis angustioribus, subtus 
albidis vel griseo-albidis, glabris, apice acuminatis, umbellis fas- 
ciculatis, distincte pedicellatis. 
A shrub about 5 m high, glabrous except the ferruginous- 
pubescent inflorescence, the younger branchlets sometimes slight- 
ly pubescent. Branches terete, slender, reddish-brown, smooth. 
Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 9 to 15 cm long, 
2.5 to 4 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and the 
acuminate apex, the upper surface pale-greenish when dry, shin- 
ing, the lower nearly white or grayish-white, quite glabrous; 
lateral nerves 9 to 12 on each side of the midrib, curved upward, 
prominent on the lower surface, anastomosing; petioles about 1 
em long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 3-flowered, the peduncles up 
to 4 cm long and with the bracts ferruginous-pubescent; bracts 
broadly ovate to obovate, 2.5 mm long. Calyx-tube 2.3 mm long, 
the pedicels about 1 mm long, the lobes 5, oblong-ovate, acuminate, 
1 mm long. Ovary glabrous. 
LEYTE, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 626, March 12, 1914, in forests, altitude 
about 500 meters. 
Minfestly closely allied to Litsea luzonica (BI.) F.-Vill., from which 
it is readily distinguished by its leaves being white or grayish-white be- 
neath and entirely glabrous. 
NOTHOPHOEBE Blume 
NOTHOPHOEBE MALABONGA (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Ajovea malabonga Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 288. 
Laurus hexandra Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 222, ed. 8, 2 (1878) 52, non 
Willd. nec Spreng. 
Iteadaphne confusa F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 181, non Blume. 
LUZON, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, For. Bur. 20486 Villamil: 
Province of Camarines, Ragay, For. Bur. 22662, 22687 Alvarez, March, 
1913. MiInporo, For. Bur. 4103 Merritt, May, 1906. LryTE, Buenavista, 
near Jaro, Wenzel 803, April, 1914. Nercros, Bais, For. Bur. 11242 Everett, 
April, 1908. 
This species is closely allied to Nothophoebe umbelliflora Blume, and many 
of the specimen cited above were placed under that name in the herbarium. 
It seems, however, to be sufficiently distinct, and accordingly Blanco’s name 
is adopted for the Philippine form. There is no doubt as to the identity of 
Blanco’s species as the material agrees with his description in all essential 
characters and in Laguna it is still known as malabonga. 
